Stixjew, Brian, Nath, Theo, Scotty & Dick a great 6pack of helpful threads there if i've ever seen a helpful 6pack on the net...
Stixjew you are right nobody has the same genetics when stepping on a boat, nobody is really even or on a even playing field. Pitting skills against young fellas you know have sharp reflexes is to start behind the 8ball straight away, basically giving some a 2 fish start so to speak. So why would we do silly things to give them even more of a head start. Especially if we can control these things easily before we step on the boat. Food for thought hey.
With this handicap things are magnified if the influence of poor preparation factors limit ones ability even further e.g. the list i put together somewhere in this thread. All facts they are. For instance have you even felt like falling asleep just after eating? Not the best condition (sleepy) to be fishing in when having to make decisions on tv that's for sure.
Without being harsh in any group one guy will run fast for short times like Bolt in the 100 and be able to throw quick punches or strike at times 50, 60,70 % better than the long slow distance runners in the group and even faster than the guys in the group that just aren't good at anything. Harsh reality of life that one. I won't type much more on this topic as it may offend as i will be the bearer of bad news even though they are just facts of life. You can often tell what genetics and what people are physically capable of after only looking at them for 3 seconds if this is your job or the radar is on.
We are all bad at many things
Hell i'm bad at a stack of things, i see kids everyday that can beat me at several activities, events and sports. I see kids quicker than me at a lot of things.
I could get frutrated, or i could say well done young fella you have the opportunity to grow up and be really good at this if you train hard, giving him hope to strive forward and work hard. Good on him i say.
Thats what makes life awesome, we work out other ways to complete the same task. It's only a drawback if we choose to look at it that way. We could see it as a challenge to work with what we have and figure out how we can get better. Isn't that what old fella's do? Get better at finding fish and turning this experience into a huge advantage?
Practical Application
E.g. some short guys might use long fishing rods for casting distance or get quicker in the cast action. Some slower guys might fish in a more direct line thus reducing a limitation of reaction times. Some guys missing a lot of fish on plastics might hang more hooks off it and so on, but this still doesn't fix their technique problem if they have one. The point of all this is that you have to get rid of ego, have no roadblocks to learning and then people can help and problems can get fixed. Pretty simple really as helpful conversations shouldn't be a arm wrestle unless their is resistance.
Thanks for contributing fellas this thread has some awesome info, i'm saving it as a favourite, the info is too good to forget. How good is Dicks post. That guy can count he worked all that out in his head while on the phone in only a few seconds. And i thought WA schools only went to grade 7?
Brian & Nath thanks for some of your latest findings from your Monduran trip guys it's appreciated.
Scotty i can still smell that tuna on the boat, found another can while cleaning the boat the other day. Young Locky is on to that brekky as well he loves it, i reckon to reduce the heartburn from the beef dinners the night before.
Theo fire away about those other topics i'm interested to see what your hundreds of Barra sessions have found.
Cheers Lyndon.
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) but this just really hightlights 'smart' technique. Watch FISH AWOONGA and his clients fighting barra, then watch the Monduran DVD of JM's and see the difference in how rods are loaded and fish are smartly directed around a boat. Masssssssive difference. 
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